Playwright
Florence Gibson MacDonald
Genre(s)
Drama
Running Time
2 hrs 10 min
Acts
2
Cast Size
Total
4
Male
2
Female
2
Synopsis
How Do I Love Thee? is a play about love: the love of poetry and the poetry of love, from the perspective of two of the world’s most celebrated poets, Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning. The play traces the sixteen year are of their courtship, elopement and marriage, ending in Elizabeth’s death due to opiate addiction.
Development History
Developed at the Stratford Festival, Factory Theatre and Alberta Theatre Projects.
Production History
2010 – Alberta Theatre Projects
Publisher / Script Contact
Name
Charles Northcote, Core Group Literary
Phone
416-466-4929
Email
In Library
yes